Tonight during the Kansas State-Missouri game, the ESPN crew, consisting of Doug Gottlieb and John Sauders, were, how can we put this, “gesture bombed” on live television.

Of the three people responsible for “chink in the armor” references to Jeremy Lin on ESPN property, Anthony Federico got it the toughest. Anchor Max Bretos got a 30-day suspension, but Federico, the editor who posted the headline to ESPN’s mobile site early Saturday morning, lost his job. Later, he talked to the New York Daily News about the ordeal, he says there was no ill intent behind it… and he sounds like he means it.

Here has to be the strangest “defense” of the ESPN “chink in the armor” incident to date. Sure, it’s not as if Buzz Bissinger was giving ESPN a pass, but to say that there are worse things they could have called Jeremy Lin… Yikes.

As SportsGrid’s Video Assignment Editor, CJ Fogler’s main job is to grab potentially viral video moments as they happen. But he also takes a lot of screengrabs (and produces a number of animated GIFs) that don’t always make the site. Every Friday, we’re going to share a few of them with you.

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According to ESPN, they have “dismissed” the employee responsible for offensive and inappropriate Mobile headline regarding Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin. They also suspended ESPN anchor Max Bretos (left) thirty days for his “chink in the armor” comment. See the complete statement, after the jump.

Is it possible that people just aren’t watching ESPN as much as they used too, and maybe they’re relying more and more on other (see: newer) gadgets to get their sports news? Because earlier in the week an ESPN anchor actually said the words “chink in the armor” when speaking about Jeremy Lin. And, really, no one seemed to notice.

Someone at ESPN will have some explaining to do tomorrow morning…

ESPN analyst (and former NBA player) Jalen Rose and TNT analyst (and former NBA player) Shaquille O’Neal have not liked each other for some time now. And last night, their media beef played out on Twitter — and on the air.

This little dude is so awesome, an animated GIF was required. Lil’ Warriors Dude Don’t Care, after the jump.

The best assorted links from across the web (and what you should watch on TV tonight) for Wednesday, February 15th. If you’d like to see something on SportsGrid, send it to tips@sportsgrid.com. After the jump, our starting five.